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Dylan des Fountain, who left the field on a stretcher during the Lions’ game against the Stormers on Friday night, looks set to miss the start of the Super Rugby campaign, after injuring his knee. [...]
Posts tagged with: John Mitchell
Lions back set to miss SupeRugby start
John and John making big calls
Sharks coach John Plumtree might want to listen to his fellow countryman coaching the Lions, John Mitchell, as Mitchell has come out saying that he wants to build his Lions team by giving the youngsters a chance, instead of buying players. [...]
Strauss confirmed as Lions Super-captain
Lions Super Rugby coach John Mitchell has confirmed that loose forward Joshua Strauss will captain his side during the upcoming Southern Hemisphere tournament. [...]
Stormers, Lions battling with injuries
A few players in both the Stormers and Lions camp seem to be suffering the same sort of “2011 hangover” affecting key Sharks players Jean Deysel and Willem Alberts. [...]
Bok coach to be directly appointed
SARU have announced that they will forego the very public process of formal applications for the Bok coaching job, opting to rather assemble a (presumably non-public) short-list of candidates, whom they will approach individually. [...]
Can we PLEASE stop the excuses?
I’m not sure whether to view the latest round of excuses coming out of Durban with mirth, or disdain, although I’m tending towards the latter. I’m referring, of course, to John Plumtree’s post-Final utterances about how difficult it was to re-integrate the returning Springboks into his side and that there wasn’t enough time to do so successfully… and so on. [...]
Big scoreline only favours one team
The lob-sided 53-9 result the last time the two sides contesting the Currie Cup Final met will certainly add a fair bit of spice to Saturday’s big game in Johannesburg. The losers on that day, though, will take far more from the loss than the victorious Sharks will. [...]
Ending the fairytale
The major difference between real life and the stories we like to read to our kids to help them sleep is this: sometimes in real life, the good guys don’t win. [...]
Pat, Bismarck in line for top award
Sharks players Patrick Lambie and Bismarck du Plessis have both been nominated for the prestigious SARU Rugby Player of the Year award, the winner of which will be announced on 3 November. [...]
Lions pick a B-team
The prospect of Butch James being included on the bench for this weekend’s match against the Sharks does little to disguise the fact that coach John Mitchell doesn’t care all that much about the result. With the visitors already having sewn up first place on the log, they’re fielding a weakened side against the Currie Cup holders in the interest of staying fresh for the semi final next weekend. [...]
Manie Reyneke resigns
The Lions announced late yesterday that their long-serving Chief Executive, Manie Reyneke, has tendered his resignation and will step down at the end of the month. [...]
Young Goosen gets September award
19 year old Cheetah flyhalf Johan Goosen received the Player of the month award for the month of September. The coach of the month award goes to the Jimmy Stonehouse of the Puma’s after punching above their weight every now and then and also getting a surprise victory over the Griquas.
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Mitchell sends Paige packing
Lions coach John Mitchell has made scrumhalf Rudy Paige the scapegoat for last weekend’s unexpected loss against the Blue Bulls, with Michael Bondesio coming back into the number 9 jersey for this weekend’s clash with the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein. [...]
Lions name full strength team for Pumas
31 Aug 11 14:13 by Richard Ferguson | Currie Cup, Lions, Original Content, Other SA Teams | 3 Comments
John Mitchell has announced his side to face the Pumas in Nelspruit on Friday night with Josh Strauss bracketed in with Warren Whiteley at the back of the scrum as the captain returns from injury. [...]
Mitchell and Catrakilis August winners
John Mitchell, coach of the MTN Golden Lions, and Demetri Catrakilis, flyhalf for DHL Western Province, have been named ABSA Currie Cup Coach of the Month and Player of the Month respectively. [...]